Item9514: Replace foswikiPopUp CSS with JQuery POPUPWINDOW

Links with class foswikiPopUp should open a new window. No longer works (since the javascript refactoring?).

-- ArthurClemens - 21 Aug 2010

Yeah; I got rid of foswikiWindow, which was being unloaded unconditionally despite only being used on a small fraction of pages.

We can bring it back, but I can't help feeling there must be a better (jQuery) solution for popups - I didn't have time to explore it.

-- CrawfordCurrie - 22 Aug 2010

When you analyse how it's used, it makes sense to simply embed the code in the pattern skin JS - it's tiny.

-- CrawfordCurrie - 23 Aug 2010

Michael Daum thinks it is not a good idea to scan every page for possible foswikiPopUp links.

Sven proposes to use a macro like POPUP (that is used in JSPopupPlugin).

I think it is a good idea. The macro would become part of the distributed macros. Calling it would make sure the right js is loaded.

What about NEWWINDOW?

-- ArthurClemens - 24 Aug 2010

I have implemented POPUPWINDOW for JQueryPlugin. But my concern is that if the plugin is not enabled, you will see the raw macro, and if {PopUpWindow} is not activated, you will see nothing. There should be a fallback to a normal link. I think that can only happen if POPUPWINDOW has a default implementation in core.

-- ArthurClemens - 03 Sep 2010

Changed topic title from "foswikiPopUp links no longer work".

Added a line about POPUPWINDOW{} in the release notes.

-- ArthurClemens - 04 Sep 2010

Arthur, The nested MAKETEXT inside a MAKETEXT is not working for me in templates/validate.tmpl I don't get the link or popup window. Just the text If you are unsure what this means, read: . without any link.

I believe that we should also ship this information with Foswiki instead of referencing Foswiki.org.

-- GeorgeClark - 05 Sep 2010

The bug is not caused by nested MAKETEXT, but by LocalSite.cfg that is not automatically updated with a new Config.spec file update. We ought to find a solution for this, because Configure doesn't give a hint that something needs to be updated, and even when Saving (no changes) no feedback is given.

So this item is still done.

For putting the validation info screen in the distro please open another Task.

-- ArthurClemens - 05 Sep 2010

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